# central oregon (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover central oregon. Page: Feed: --- ## [The 2027 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon Survey Is Open](https://oregonbusiness.com/the-2027-100-best-companies-to-work-for-in-oregon-survey-is-open/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-2027-100-best-companies-to-work-for-in-oregon-survey-is-open) _2026-08-19 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ Register today to participate in the 2027 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon survey. ## [On the Creation of an Urban Tree Canopy Management Plan for Redmond, Oregon](https://gardenriots.com/2026/08/17/on-the-creation-of-an-urban-tree-canopy-management-plan-for-redmond-oregon/) _2026-08-17 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ Trees can be a defining element of a community as a ‘success’ story, a failure or somewhere in-between. A community’s trees are of it, not some separate amenity provided by the City. Ideally, just as the canopy is part of a community, its care should be a part of the shared responsibility of the community, \[…\] ## [SBA Grants $5M to Oregon State University to Bolster Small Manufacturers](https://oregonbusiness.com/sba-grants-5m-to-oregon-state-university-to-bolster-small-manufacturers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sba-grants-5m-to-oregon-state-university-to-bolster-small-manufacturers) _2026-08-13 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ Federal Empower to Grow initiative brings technical training and contracting resources to the Pacific Northwest. ## [Kidder Mathews Releases 2026 Western U.S. Mid-Year Market Forecast](https://oregonbusiness.com/kidder-mathews-releases-2026-western-u-s-mid-year-market-forecast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kidder-mathews-releases-2026-western-u-s-mid-year-market-forecast) _2026-08-12 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ Report examines trends shaping commercial real estate for office, industrial, retail, and multifamily sectors. ## [SELCO Invites Educators to Apply for More Than $125,000 in Funding Through Its Creative Educator Grant and Classroom Makeover Programs](https://oregonbusiness.com/selco-invites-educators-to-apply-for-more-than-125000-in-funding-through-its-creative-educator-grant-and-classroom-makeover-programs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=selco-invites-educators-to-apply-for-more-than-125000-in-funding-through-its-creative-educator-grant-and-classroom-makeover-programs) _2026-08-12 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ Educators from across Oregon are invited to apply from Aug. 15–Sept. 30 for a $15,000 Regional Classroom Makeover or a $2,500 Creative Educator Grant. ## [Washington Park’s New Trip-planning Website Makes Visiting Portland’s Most Popular Destinations Easier and More Accessible](https://oregonbusiness.com/washington-parks-new-trip-planning-website-makes-visiting-portlands-most-popular-destinations-easier-and-more-accessible/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=washington-parks-new-trip-planning-website-makes-visiting-portlands-most-popular-destinations-easier-and-more-accessible) _2026-08-05 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ The website is the latest step in Explore Washington Park's broader Transportation Access Plan, designed to accommodate growth and improve visitor experience. ## [Political Chaos, Wildfire and Drought: We have a choice, but not a lot of time](https://gardenriots.com/2026/08/05/17270/) _2026-08-05 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ I don t usually repost what I ve put on my FB page, but the world just keeps getting crazier politically, so much so that our new reality is being lost in the chaos. Now is not the time to give up. As bleak as things may seem to be becoming it will be far worse if we \[ \] ## [On Johnjoe McFadden’s, “Life is Simple: How Occam’s Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe](https://gardenriots.com/2026/07/30/on-johnjoe-mcfaddens-life-is-simple-how-occams-razor-set-science-free-and-shapes-the-universe/) _2026-07-30 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ As a science nerd I found this a fascinating read. Enlightening. I’ve read a lot of science over the last few years and most of these books focus on what the author knows best, on their particular field, their expertise. There are those scientists, more all of the time and science writers today, who are \[ \] ## [As Supply Chain Pressures Grow, Oregon Company Earns National Award for Sustainable Sourcing Leadership](https://oregonbusiness.com/as-supply-chain-pressures-grow-oregon-company-earns-national-award-for-sustainable-sourcing-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-supply-chain-pressures-grow-oregon-company-earns-national-award-for-sustainable-sourcing-leadership) _2026-07-23 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ Mountain Rose Herbs honored with NBJ Stewardship & Sustainability Award for industry‑leading environmental and community impact. ## [$2 Million Metro Grant to Revitalize Community Plaza at World Forestry Center’s Washington Park Campus](https://oregonbusiness.com/2-million-metro-grant-to-revitalize-community-plaza-at-world-forestry-centers-washington-park-campus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-million-metro-grant-to-revitalize-community-plaza-at-world-forestry-centers-washington-park-campus) _2026-07-23 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ Project will reimagine one of the most heavily used arrival points in Washington Park as a welcoming gateway to nature for visitors, neighbors and transit riders. ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DgxOYnvAQchx) _2026-07-23 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [Columbia Gorge Community College Manufacturing Program Named Center of the Year by U.S. Department of Energy](https://oregonbusiness.com/columbia-gorge-community-college-manufacturing-program-named-center-of-the-year-by-u-s-department-of-energy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=columbia-gorge-community-college-manufacturing-program-named-center-of-the-year-by-u-s-department-of-energy) _2026-07-21 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ National Industrial Training and Assessment Centers network honors CGCC with the Manufacturing Outcomes Award for outstanding real-world support and engagement with small and mid-sized manufacturers ## [Explore Tualatin Valley Announces Its Board of Directors for Fiscal Year 2026-27](https://oregonbusiness.com/explore-tualatin-valley-announces-its-board-of-directors-for-fiscal-year-2026-27/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=explore-tualatin-valley-announces-its-board-of-directors-for-fiscal-year-2026-27) _2026-07-20 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ ## [Final Beam Marks Milestone for Redmond Airport Expansion](https://oregonbusiness.com/final-beam-marks-milestone-for-redmond-airport-expansion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=final-beam-marks-milestone-for-redmond-airport-expansion) _2026-07-14 · Oregon Business · Oregon Business_ New terminal will accommodate increasing number of travelers while strengthening Central Oregon's transportation infrastructure. ## [Everything is Related, Of and Part of the Whole: Beyond Inheritance, Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health and the Economics of Life](https://gardenriots.com/2026/07/06/everything-is-related-of-and-part-of-the-whole-beyond-inheritance-our-ever-mutating-cells-and-a-new-understanding-of-health-and-the-economics-of-life/) _2026-07-06 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ Roxanne Khamsi, in “Beyond Inheritance”, takes the reader on a guided tour of our rapidly evolving understanding of the mutation of our cells and what it means. Mutation is an essential fact of life, one central to natural selection and the ongoing health of every living individual, and, perhaps our demise. Mutation, however, is \[ \] ## [Dry Canyon Drought May 26: What’s Happening and What’s Our Role](https://gardenriots.com/2026/05/18/dry-canyon-drought-may-26-whats-happening-and-whats-our-role/) _2026-05-18 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ We all know its been a drier and warmer than average Spring. In town people are often exclaiming about how wonderful its been, but in the Canyon the combination of dryness and unseasonable warmth are showing, if you know how and where to look. Dry Canyon has already taken on that ‘sere’ look, the soil \[ \] ## [Tree Planting Problems at Dry Canyon Village](https://gardenriots.com/2026/05/01/tree-planting-problems-at-dry-canyon-village/) _2026-05-01 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ When I was still working for the city of Portland Parks, one of my jobs, for a number of years, was to do design reviews and construction inspection on big capital Parks projects being built from scratch downtown including South Waterfront, Caruthers, Jamison Square, Director s Square,Tanner Springs and The Fields. I’d attend meetings with our \[ \] ## [The Nutrient Cycling Role of Fire in Central Oregon’s Arid Landscapes](https://gardenriots.com/2026/04/28/the-nutrient-cycling-role-of-fire-in-central-oregons-arid-landscapes/) _2026-04-28 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ Ecologists will regularly claim that fire plays an essential role in the life and dynamics of the Juniper woodland, our sagebrush steppe and the grasslands of our arid and semi-arid plant communities, that without it, the landscape will deteriorate. Okay, but what does that mean? How can fire actually lead to a landscape s improved vitality \[ \] ## [On Wilding and the Return of Nature: Thoughts on an Idea](https://gardenriots.com/2026/04/26/on-wilding-and-the-return-of-nature-thoughts-on-an-idea/) _2026-04-26 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ Talk of environmental crises is everywhere, climate change, mass species extinctions, losses of critical habitat, the privatization of once public resources and landscapes (and their subsequent ‘pillaging’ by corporate entities), critically dropping aquifers, what a chaotic climate may mean for world agriculture and our food supply, a world beset by an increasing rate of diseases \[ \] ## [Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, My Thoughts on Goldfarb’s Book](https://gardenriots.com/2026/04/16/crossings-how-road-ecology-is-shaping-the-future-of-our-planet-my-thoughts-on-goldfarbs-book/) _2026-04-16 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ Had I not read Ben Goldfarb’s 2018 book, “Eager”, I probably wouldn’t have picked this one up. Why would I want to read an entire book on ‘roadkill ? But I trusted him. And so I read it. I found his writing here crisp and engaging, like his other work, but I was still hesitant and \[ \] ## [Is a River Alive? On the Rights of Nature, an Adventure Story and a Shifting of the Dominant Paradigm](https://gardenriots.com/2026/03/30/is-a-river-alive-on-the-rights-of-nature-an-adventure-story-and-a-shifting-of-the-dominant-paradigm/) _2026-03-31 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ Being a horticulturist, a student of ecology, evolution and all of the usual life science topics, my reading list is long with books I find and others recommended to me by friends. This most recent is one of the latter, “Is a River Alive?”, by British writer Robert MacFarlane. I hadn’t read any of his \[ \] ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LqMv3BUXcM4h) _2026-03-31 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [Tigers Between Empires](https://gardenriots.com/2026/03/13/tigers-between-empires/) _2026-03-13 · gardenriots · GardenRiots_ Three years ago I read Jonathan Slaght’s book, “Owl’s of the Eastern Ice’, a book that takes the reader into the inhospitable wilds of Russia’s Primorye Krai, the province immediately north of the Korean Peninsula, its multiple mountain ranges pushing up against the Sea of Japan. With a latitude the same as Oregon and Washington, \[ \] ## [Oregon Estate Tax Legislation](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2026/03/oregon-estate-tax-legislation/) _2026-03-04 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ Oregon Senate Bill 1511, which would effectively raise the current $1,000,000 threshold for the Oregon estate tax to $2,500,000 and raise marginal rates across the board (with a very substantial increase on rates between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000), has passed the Oregon Senate and is currently in the Oregon House Committee on Revenue with a few \[…\] ## [2026 Estate Tax Thresholds](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2026/01/2026-estate-tax-thresholds/) _2026-01-12 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ Happy New Year Central Oregon! As we begin 2026, it’s a good time to review filing and exclusion thresholds. The federal estate tax filing threshold has once again risen, to $15,000,000 in 2026. Estates of values above that amount may be subject to federal estate tax of up to 40% upon your death and the \[…\] ## [2025 Make a Will Month](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2025/08/2025-make-a-will-month/) _2025-08-05 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ Have you received an email from your favorite charity lately? Many non-profit organizations recognize August as “National Make a Will Month” to promote legacy gifts. Whatever the motivation, as the summer winds down, it’s a great time to make sure your estate plan is up to date, including double-checking beneficiaries and verifying you have the \[…\] ## [H.R.1 & Estate Tax Exemptions](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2025/07/h-r-1-estate-tax-exemptions/) _2025-07-10 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ Public Law No. 119-21 (H.R.1, 119th Cong.) § 70106 will increase the federal estate and gift tax lifetime exemption amount to $15,000,000 in 2026. While this lofty exemption may seem aspirational at best for typical families, the change is a good reminder to consider how estate taxes generally may impact your family. While the federal \[…\] ## [Happy Independence Day!](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2025/07/happy-independence-day/) _2025-07-02 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ We wish all Central Oregonians a happy and safe Independence Day! Our office will be closed July 3rd and 4th to allow our staff to enjoy the holiday with their families. In the meantime, feel free to leave us a message. We look forward to assisting you with your estate planning needs upon our return \[…\] ## [Legacy Gifts](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2025/06/legacy-gifts/) _2025-06-24 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ For many people, charitable gifts are an important part of their estate plan. Whether as a planned specific gift or as a backup beneficiary, naming a charitable organization in your estate plan can be an excellent way to continue your contributions to a cause you care about and leave a lasting legacy. When planning legacy \[…\] ## [Congratulations Graduates!](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2025/06/congratulations-graduates/) _2025-06-10 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ Graduation ceremonies are taking place across Central Oregon this week. Bartholomew Law LLC would like to extend our congratulations to the many accomplished graduates embarking on their next adventure. From our many high schools to OSU–Cascades and COCC, our community is enriched by these students’ achievements and the tireless work of the educators and parents \[…\] ## [Conservators and Guardians](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2025/06/conservators-and-guardians/) _2025-06-02 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ What would happen if you became completely incapacitated? Who would care for you? Who would manage your finances? In many cases, a Power of Attorney could be useful, but in some situations a court might need to legally appoint a person or persons to be your conservator and/or guardian. A conservator is someone who is \[…\] ## [Guardians & Conservators for Minor Children](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2025/05/guardians-conservators-for-minor-children/) _2025-05-27 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ Who would care for your children if something were to happen to you before they are adults? If you were to pass away or become permanently incapacitated while your child is still underage, a court would need to appoint someone as legal guardian and conservator. Guardians and conservators are related but different roles—a guardian is \[…\] ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Plm2hIGPkDUR) _2025-05-27 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Powers of Attorney](https://www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2025/05/powers-of-attorney/) _2025-05-21 · Bartholomew Law LLC · Estate Planning Attorney – Bend, Oregon – Bartholomew Law_ Have you considered who would manage your estate if you became incapacitated or were otherwise unable to manage your assets? Many everyday tasks, such as visiting the bank or paying a bill, require you to use your personal financial authority. A bank generally won’t let someone transact on your behalf, in most cases not even \[…\]